The importance of compensating strategic network board members for network performance: A contingency approach

British Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-151

  Thorgren, Sara ^b   Wincent, Joakim ^b   Anokhin, Sergey ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 77649324480     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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